tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167972917262697078.post316687039283366085..comments2024-03-08T09:49:26.566-05:00Comments on Reading between the Grooves: Rock Mandolin: Going To CaliforniaJim Owstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13489905161227202406noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167972917262697078.post-9011708741312336872014-01-09T16:48:57.210-05:002014-01-09T16:48:57.210-05:00The first mandolin Jones was seen playing in conce...The first mandolin Jones was seen playing in concert in 1970 and 1971 was an acoustic Martin model. that instrument can be heard on the officially released BBC recording from 1971. In the fall of 1971 he used a solidbody Framus electric. I've never been able to identify the one you have pictured above, which used only during the February tour of Austalia and New Zealand. For the US tour in 1972 he used a 4 string solidbody Fender electric, he has never performed with a Fender acoustic model. After that '72 US tour, Zep dropped the acoustic set for awhile, when they brought it back for the 5 Earls Court shows in London in 1975 Jones played an electric Harmony H35 model. And then for the 1977 US tour he played the Manson triple-neck acoustic (mandolin, 6-string, 12-sting), though as far as I recall he never actually played the mandolin neck. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212700333352029350noreply@blogger.com